![In Namibia more than in any other country, my first thought, as soon as I get out of the tent, is to squeeze my tires. And this morning again, my […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2015/01/featured_D707-115x115.jpg "The D707, a fashionable notion of remoteness")
![More than half of the entire Namibian population lives in Ovamboland, on just 6% of the territory. The Ovambo are by far the country’s largest ethnic group, and the term […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/05/featured_oshakati-boring-road-DSC_1457-115x115.jpg "Ovamboland, the boring road")
![What will the dirt road look like after all the rain? Lightnings struck almost all night long. It was one of the most violent weather I have seen on my […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/05/featured-cunene-flood_1121-115x115.jpg "Cunene, the last province of Angola")
![A mob of youngsters arresting me? That’s what’s happening for the same usual silly reason: the obsession with the control of papers of anyone in Angola. My shortcut […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/05/featured-huila-jau_1048-115x115.jpg "Beautiful Huíla and Southern Angola")
![We leave Gabon without having seen any elephant, and with the hope of finding more food in Congo. The Gabonese immigration post is in Boumango, 17 kilometers before the real […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/02/featured-first-steps-congo_7518-115x115.jpg "First steps in Congo")
![Gabon uses the CFA Franc, a currency to which I am well accustomed after visiting all the West African countries on the Atlantic coast. It is very useful to compare […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/01/featured-woleu-ntem-DSC_6096-115x115.jpg "Into Gabon, the Woleu-Ntem")
![Janjay admits it now. While we are having breakfast on the shores of Lake Piso, watching the army of hermit crabs laying at the bottom of the clear waters, he […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/07/featured-liberia-bomi-DSC_0344-115x115.jpg "For a swim in the open pit of the Bomi blue lake")
![After having been blessed with well-behaved clouds for the three days that followed our departure from Freetown, the rain finally seems to catch up. We had a bit of it […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/07/featured-sierraleone-6-roadtoborder-DSC_0037-115x115.jpg "The rainy season in Sierra Leone")
![Today is the day we start on the supposedly bad roads. There is no more tar from Bandajuma until the Liberian border and I hope the rain didn’t ruin the […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/07/featured-sierraleone-5-tiwai-IMG_0804-115x115.jpg "The waterlogged roads to Tiwai Island")
![I have to wait until 11 am for the rain to stop in order to leave Farmoriah and Guinea. I have only 10 km left to the Sierra Leonean border […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/07/featured-sierraleone-1-DSC_9502-115x115.jpg "Rain for Sierra Leone")
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![In Namibia more than in any other country, my first thought, as soon as I get out of the tent, is to squeeze my tires. And this morning again, my […]](//freewheely.com/wp-content/plugins/a3-lazy-load/assets/images/lazy_placeholder.gif "The D707, a fashionable notion of remoteness")
The D707, a fashionable notion of remoteness
Posted on January 27, 2015 | 13 CommentsIn Namibia more than in any other country, my first thought, as soon as I get out of the tent, is to squeeze my tires. And this morning again, my […]Ovamboland, the boring road
Posted on May 26, 2014 | 5 CommentsMore than half of the entire Namibian population lives in Ovamboland, on just 6% of the territory. The Ovambo are by far the country’s largest ethnic group, and the term […]Cunene, the last province of Angola
Posted on May 17, 2014 | 2 CommentsWhat will the dirt road look like after all the rain? Lightnings struck almost all night long. It was one of the most violent weather I have seen on my […]Beautiful Huíla and Southern Angola
Posted on May 14, 2014 | 1 CommentA mob of youngsters arresting me? That’s what’s happening for the same usual silly reason: the obsession with the control of papers of anyone in Angola. My shortcut […]First steps in Congo
Posted on February 16, 2014 | No CommentsWe leave Gabon without having seen any elephant, and with the hope of finding more food in Congo. The Gabonese immigration post is in Boumango, 17 kilometers before the real […]Into Gabon, the Woleu-Ntem
Posted on January 29, 2014 | 1 CommentGabon uses the CFA Franc, a currency to which I am well accustomed after visiting all the West African countries on the Atlantic coast. It is very useful to compare […]For a swim in the open pit of the Bomi blue lake
Posted on September 8, 2013 | 8 CommentsJanjay admits it now. While we are having breakfast on the shores of Lake Piso, watching the army of hermit crabs laying at the bottom of the clear waters, he […]The rainy season in Sierra Leone
Posted on September 2, 2013 | 4 CommentsAfter having been blessed with well-behaved clouds for the three days that followed our departure from Freetown, the rain finally seems to catch up. We had a bit of it […]The waterlogged roads to Tiwai Island
Posted on August 28, 2013 | 3 CommentsToday is the day we start on the supposedly bad roads. There is no more tar from Bandajuma until the Liberian border and I hope the rain didn’t ruin the […]Rain for Sierra Leone
Posted on August 10, 2013 | No CommentsI have to wait until 11 am for the rain to stop in order to leave Farmoriah and Guinea. I have only 10 km left to the Sierra Leonean border […]
